Licensing

Affinity: Journal of Social Studies and Community Engagement is an open-access and peer-reviewed academic journal committed to the wide and unrestricted dissemination of scholarly knowledge. All articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This license permits users to:

• Share and redistribute the material in any medium or format

• Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial use

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Authors retain the copyright of their published works. By publishing in this journal, authors grant the publisher the right to publish, distribute, and archive the articles as part of the journal’s publication.

This licensing policy reflects the journal’s commitment to open access principles, academic integrity, transparency, and accountability, while promoting the broad use of research and community engagement outputs to support sustainable social development and national competitiveness.